Easy menus
by extendyourweb · Admin & Utilities
Plugin to load different types of menus with pictures.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,784 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4399 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
25
now · peak 78
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-09 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 70+ → 60+ down after 75 days in tier
- 2025-11-14 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-30 80+ → 90+ up after 16 days in tier
Competes with
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